Adjustable garment supporter



Aug. 1, 1933. H. Q. MOORE ADJUSTABLE GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed Oct. 31, 1930 Patented Aug. 1, 1933 issuers r rs , W 1,920,sv6 I ADJUSTABLE GARMENT SUPPORTER Harold Q. Moore, Westerly, R. L, assignor to George C. Moore. Company, Westerly, it. 1., a Corporation of Rhode. island Application October 31, 1930. Serial No. 492,536

' 'Z Claims. (01. 241-41) The present invention relates to adjustable elastic garment supporters, with special reference toease in manufacture, durability of wear and effective operation.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved adjustable supporter which will have, in its completed form, no hard, sharp, or bulky projections to cause unnecessary chafing or wear upon other garments or other undesirable or uncomfortable eifects. A' further object of theinvention is to provide for the usual adjustment of the lengthand tension of the supporter by reversely folding an end-portion, and to provide in novel manner for securing the upturned end by a fastener of minimum thickness, having no protruding edges or cor ners, which will apply its force to thefabric of the supporter without bending or bulging the latter and interruptingthe smooth continuity 1 of its surface. A further aim of. the invention is to attain adjustment of the effective length of the supporter without the injury to the face of the fabricor to the inner rubber cords which is incident to the use of the usual buckles or clasps having serrated gripping edges commonly used for accomplishing such. adjustments.

7 Another object .of the invention is, to produce novel supporters of thenature above referred to, having a greater retracting .strength than 30 is Fshown. in the accompanying drawing; in

which,-' 1 V "Fig. .1 is a'view of the back of a supporter i having my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a side viewvfrom the right of Fig. 1 on'an: enlarged, scale. I

Fig. 3 is a front .vieW of the in Fig; 1. 7

The fabric employed in the supporter I illustrated consists of a multiple or two-ply structure composed of elastic fabrics or webbings using rubber cords-fin the Warp to provide elasticity. One ply 1 of elastic fabric is attachedto a substantially coextensive second ply 2 of similar elastic material. Attachment may be accomplished in any of a number of ways, and the fabric may be woven separately-or independently,-or each supporter may be made of asingle strip folded to produce two plies, or .the two fabrics may be woven simultaneously and interwoven where desired in well known manner.

supporter shown Attachment should be made at frequent inter-f vals along lines of juncture 3 generally transverse to the direction of stretch, or the length An illustrative embodiment of the invention of the fabric in a mannergiving the appearance and effect .of a single integral web devoid of loops. The effect as that obtainedby interweaving be produced. by stitching alongthe lines 3,"but regardless of the method employed the linesof attachment should be arranged preferably in parallel relation across the width of the fabric and may, if desired, be tilted at anangle therewith. The result is the formation of a series of contiguous pockets 4 having openings at the lateral edges of the fabric.

According to the embodiment of. the invention herein,tl1e warp of each ply includes rubber orelastic cords. Extension of the fabric causes the plies'to stretch equally under normal conditions, but when, one ply is given a greater tension it will tendto separate from the other to a certain extent over an interval of more than one of the pockets, resulting in an evenly curved surface, without sudden or sharp changes of direction which would subject the fabric to undue strain or wear. In this way there is a tendency to .equalizethe stress applied to the two plies of the fabric. The lines of attachment 3 are arranged at regular intervals in the formshown, producingja series of equally spaced contiguous pockets 4 having openings at the lateral edges of the material. These-pockets 4 provide a novel and improved means for securing a reversely folded lower end of the fabric, when employed for supporters and the like. Positive and non,- slipping engagement is insured by this form of attachment, which avoids all injury to the sur faceof the webbing and the rubber cords combined therewith. j

The-improved adjustable supporter is made from-the special fabric in the following preferred rnanner: I V I A supportingdevice or clasp 5 of well-known design having a metal slider loop 6 connected to it is slipped over a section of thefabric, and a loop 7 is produced in the fabric by reversely folding, an end 8 of the fabric. The extremity of the folded-back end 8 is adapted to be attached to any selected pocket 4 in the fabric formed between the two plies of the elastic webbingin orderto adjust the effective length and desired tension of the supporter. Any desired or preferred device may be used to combine the foldedback ends with the selected loop 4, as a fibula or safety pin 9 attached to such ends by means of binding tape 10 folded about pin 9 and sewed to the end 8. The pin may be blunt pointed to facilitatexslipping throughthe pockets. The upper end, of the section is attached in suitable manner; as by'stitching, to a girdle or other garment, as usual. The clasp 5 may eitherbe faced in the direction away from the reverselyfolded end 8, or in the opposite direction if greater ease of adjustment of the effective length and tension of the supporter While being worn is desired. 1

It will. thus be seen that the improved struc ture is particularly adapted. for use as 1a supporter for hose, as well as for suspenders and the like, and provides means for attaching the of a buckle, clasp or similar device encircling the entire strip of webbing as has usually been necessary heretofore. Thus, there is avoided the need of compressing, clamping or pinching the consequent greatly prolonged life.

elastic members hitherto necessitated through the use of such buckles or claspswhichrelied for their holding power on frictional or on toothed engagement with the two surfaces, front and'back, of'the elastic webbing which they encircle; Throughthe use of the principles of the invention, both face and back of the elastic webbing are left free from all wear and tear incident to the, action of the clasps hitherto needed and the rubber warps are freed from the chafing and cutting by the frictional or toothed clasps' with The attaching means 9, taking the'place of such buckles and frictional clasps, can be greatly reduced in bulk, thickness and weight, with resultant increase in comfort to the wearer.

By making the elastic ply 2 of slightly less width than the elastic ply 1, the transverse length of the attaching means or pin 9 may be made less than the width of the ply 1, so that the entire.

attaching means may be concealed behind or underneath the ply 1 when-worn, and wholly out of sight.

K As appears in connection with the enlarged view :of Fig. 2, the insertion of pin 9 within a 1 pocket 4 produces a slight bowing of the fabric plies away from each other which results in only a slightly diiferent tension being applied to the two. This p'roduces'a' divergence of the sides of the plies in a smooth slope, the major portion of this difierence in tension falling on the ply lying toward the folded-back end 8 so that this ply diverges fromthe other at substantially the being worn with one surface exposed, to conceal worn or soiled surfaces, asthe pin'9 may engage the pockets from either'faceof the fabric.

The fabric plies may be woven with a stretchlimiting element embodied therein or an equivalenteifect may be obtained by any one of the well-known methods of construction applicable to elastic garters. i i

' Having thus described in detail a preferred form of my'inventioml desire that it be construed as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense, and intend to include'all'features' and combinations specified to the extent indicated in the annexed claims. w v

with a series of pockets extending between the rality of elastic plies coextensive in length and the pockets to hold the end in fixed relation reversely folded lower end portion of a section therewith, and garment-supporting means carried by the fabric between such end and its cooperating pocket and freely slidable over the intervening pockets.

2. A supporting device having in combination an elongated two-ply elastic fabric constructed plies and means attached to the ends of both tion, and garment-supporting means carried by the fabrics between such ends and the cooperating pocket and freely slidable over the intervening pockets.

4. A supporter having in combination, 'a plurality of separate elastic plies and a terminal fastening device secured to the ends of all plies, and uniting the said ends to an intermediate portion of thesupporter, the plies being united by a line of juncture adapted to prevent the fastening device'when inserted between the plies from movement lengthwise of the web.

5. A supporter device having in combination, an elongated elastic fabric formed of two plies ofequal length joined at intervals to form a series of pockets opening: into its lateral edge, a fastening means attached to the co-terminous ends of the two plies and inserted into one of the pockets to form a loop, and a garment-supporting slider surrounding the fabric in the loop and engaging the exterior of the pockets.

6. A supporter having in combination, a pluof the two plies adapted to engage the intermediate portion of the fabric between two plies thereof, from either face of the fabric, and a garment-supporting device on the fabric between the end-portion and its point of engagement with the intermediate portion.

7. A supporter device having in combination a two-ply fabric each of which plies is itself elastic in the direction of the length of the supporter, and is separated for short distances from the other ply uniformly throughout its length, one of such plies being wider than the other, a fastening pin longer than the width of one ply and shorter than the width of the other, attached at one end of said'fabric, and a slider'surrounding the fabric. 1 i

' I HAROLD Q.MOORE. 

